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Tokyo Introduces Four-Day Workweek to Boost Birth Rates

CosmicTaco · 2024-12-10T14:59:10.249929+05:30

- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announced a new policy allowing metropolitan government employees to take three days off each week starting in April, aiming to support young families amid Japan's low fertility rates. - The initiative includes flexible work hours for parents of elementary school children, though it requires a salary trade-off, to help balance career and family life. - Japan's fertility rate has dropped to 1.2 children per woman, far below the 2.1 needed for population stability, with the new policy seeking to address this demographic challenge. Source: [Mint](https://www.livemint.com/news/world/three-days-off-each-week-tokyo-new-work-schedule-heres-why-tokyo-four-day-workweek-japan-11733810229814.html), [The Times Of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/4-day-workweek-in-tokyo-from-next-year-is-population-decline-reshaping-japans-workforce/articleshow/116160023.cms)

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announced a new policy allowing metropolitan government employees to take three days off each week starting in April, aiming to support young families amid Japan's low fertility rates.
The initiative includes flexible work hours for parents of elementary school children, though it requires a salary trade-off, to help balance career and family life.
Japan's fertility rate has dropped to 1.2 children per woman, far below the 2.1 needed for population stability, with the new policy seeking to address this demographic challenge.

Source: Mint, The Times Of India

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